If the 40K "public sector jobs" axed correspond with certain mid- and -upper-level officials on half-pay at the local council level, it is going to be tough to winkle them out of their pensions. They've thought of that, already, and have set up Helfnsafety, CRB, care agency personnel recruitment outfits, etc., in such a way as to still collect a hefty chunk. It's all been legislated, regulated: iron-clad.